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Young sailors shine on Delaware Bay

Lewes Yacht Club hosts two-day USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival
Colorful spinnakers fill Delaware Bay during the two-day USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
Ron MacArthur
July 22, 2019

Sailors ages 8 to 19 from the East Coast competed in the July 17-18 USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival hosted by Lewes Yacht Club.

Racing in seven events over two days, 120 sailors competed in three fleets – Club 420 with a crew of two, Laser Radial and Optimist, split into four divisions – green, red, white, blue – based on age and experience. Young sailors compete in a series of Junior Olympic festivals in locations all over the country.

Top finishers include: Club 420: 1. Matt Budington/Linnea Forsberg, Annapolis Yacht Club; 2. Beckett Kumler/Orion Adelman, Annapolis; 3. Skylor Sweet/Isabella Webb, North East River Yacht Club. Lewes Yacht Club: 25. Aiden Bowman/Nick Holman; 34. Mina Swier/Anne Dolan; 36. Rachel Delie/Sarah Krajewski.

Laser Radial: 1. Magnus Weissenberger, Gibson Island Sailing Squadron; 2. Phillip Ralph, Tred Avon Yacht Club; 3. Jack O'Donnell, Tred Avon. Lewes Yacht Club: 12. Ivan Yelk; 15. Ryan Evans.

Optimist Red (top 3): 1. Kyle Reinecke, Annapolis; 2. Rebecca Schill, Fisher Bay; 3. Ava Arepally, Tred Avon. Lewes Yacht Club: Bailey Fletcher, 16th in red fleet, 26th overall.

Optimist Blue (top 3): 1. Bo Angus, Fisher Bay; 2. Luca DeSimone, Tred Avon; 3. Christopher Draper, Annapolis.

Optimist White (top 3): 1. Cal King, Fisher Bay; 2. Spencer Bunting, Baltimore County; 3. Eli Waltz, Severn Sailing Association.

Optimist Green: 1. Maddie Deane, Baltimore County Sailing Center; 2. Samuel de los Reyes, Annapolis; 3. Lizzy Scales, Severn Sailing Association. Lewes Yacht Club: 8. William Burke; 19. Benjamin O'Nell; 23. Riley Stazzone; 25. Blake Fitzgerald; 27. Will DiPaolo; 28. Oliver Swier; 29. Thomas Bain.

 

 

Colorful spinnakers fill Delaware Bay during the two-day USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
Club 420 sailors Rachel Delie and Sarah Krajewski of Lewes Yacht Club have just rounded a mark.
Club 420 sailors Rachel Delie and Sarah Krajewski of Lewes Yacht Club hike out as far as possible.
Alex Brenia and Max Penders of Annapolis Yacht Club work to keep their Club 420 into the wind.
Katelyn Herter and Chase Conaway of Annapolis Yacht Club race in the Club 420 fleet.
Club 420 racers round a mark and head downwind.
Aiden Bowman and Nick Holman of Lewes Yacht Club round a mark during a race in the Club 420 fleet.
Three Club 420 sailors get tangled together in the second race July 17.
Principal race officer Michelle Bland takes a wind reading in order to set a mark.
Bailey Fletcher of Lewes Yacht Club is sailing in the Optimist red fleet.
Will DiPaolo of Lewes Yacht Club prepares to lift his Optimist sailboat after taking a dip to cool off before races start July 18.
The first Club 420 sailors lead the pack with their spinnakers out during a July 17 race.
Isabella Webb and Skylor Sweet of North East River Yacht Club stand out with a red-, white- and blue-starred spinnaker.
Christopher Draper of Annapolis Yacht Club peeks under his Optimist sail to check his position.
Boats head off the beach in front of Lewes Yacht Club for the second day of racing.
Sailboats head into the early-morning sun on the second day of racing.
The team of Matt Budington and Linnea Forsberg of Annapolis Yacht Club took first place overall in the Club 420 fleet.
Club 420 sailors Rachel Delie and Sarah Krajewski of Lewes Yacht Club head into the wind toward the finish.
Olivia Sowa and Audrey Commerford of North East River Yacht Club in North East, Md., use their colorful spinnaker to gain speed.
Magnus Weissenberger of Gibson Island Yacht Club finished first overall in the Laser Radial fleet.
Club 420s prepare to start the first race July 18.
Sometimes rounding a mark can be tight as Club 420 racers crowd for position.
Club 420 sailors Skylor Sweet and Isabella Webb of North East River Yacht Club in North East, Md., raise their spinnaker as they round a mark. They finished third overall.
Race leaders in a Club 420 heat near a mark.
Ian Ronald and Lachlan Hooper of North East River Yacht Club raise their spinnaker.
Tate Bothner and Izzy Wu-Karr of Baltimore County Sailing Club prepare to raise their spinnaker.
Club 420 sailors fight for downwind position as they round a mark.
Patriotic spinnakers provide a colorful setting on Delaware Bay.
The youngest sailors, in the Optimist Green fleet, prepare to race.
Optimist green fleet sailors race in front of Lewes Yacht Club.
Optimist sailboats cross the finish line in front of the Calaldo, one of three race-committee boats.
Noah Wensell of Fisher Bay Yacht Club in Bridgeport, N.Y., sails in the Optimist blue fleet.
Blue fleet Optimist sailor Conor Mastromarco of Annapolis Yacht Club is covered up to keep out of the sun.

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